Melancholy Rose
Melancholy Rose: Love's Dark Ballet by Marc Almond
Lyrics
First I saw you
First encounter with the person
Love in a silk black slip
Symbolizes love, possibly passion or intimacy
In dark waters
Metaphorically drowning or overwhelmed
Sinking like a ship
Feeling like a sinking ship, facing trouble
Trouble on your lips
Issues or turmoil expressed verbally or through actions
Murder in your song
Darkness and negativity in the music or expression
Song of a mean man
Depicts a song with malicious or hurtful content
Lovers come and gone
Series of failed relationships
Oh Melancholy Rose
Addressing the person - Melancholy Rose
Oh Melancholy Rose
Repeated address to Melancholy Rose
Come souls' midnight
Midnight, a time symbolic of transition or change
We'll both sail away
Departure together to escape
Leaving red sunsets
Leaving behind intense emotions or experiences
To end our passion play
Ending the intense emotional journey
Bitter allows
Unpleasant tastes or emotions associated with experiences
Tingles on the tongue
Physical sensation linked to discomfort
Body and soul
Physical and spiritual elements in past relationships
Lovers come and gone
Repeated cycle of failed relationships
Oh Melancholy Rose
Addressing the person - Melancholy Rose
Oh Melancholy Rose
Reiteration of addressing Melancholy Rose
Always running away
Continuously seeking escape or avoiding situations
Black Sobraine hair
Descriptive element of appearance - possibly a person's hair color
Turning cigarette ash grey
Metaphor for life being drained of color or vibrancy
Sprawled across troubled beds
Restless and troubled rest in beds
Hands outstretched
Reaching out for solace or relief
Reaching for the pills
Seeking comfort in medication or substances
In lonely rundown motels
Lonely and neglected places as settings
Life, love, men
Reflection on life, love, and relationships
Dust to dust
Mortality and the transient nature of life
Disaster after disaster
Series of continuous failures or tragedies
Must be some dark kiss on your lips
Enigmatic allure in the person's demeanor or words
A promise of heaven or hell in your song
Contrasting promises or threats in the person's expression
Tomorrow it'll all be gone be gone
Impermanence of situations or emotions
Oh Melancholy Rose
Addressing the person - Melancholy Rose
Lovers come and gone
Repeated mention of failed relationships
Oh Melancholy Rose
Reiteration of addressing Melancholy Rose and failed love
Love has come and gone
Expressing the passing of love in relation to Melancholy Rose
Oh Melancholy Rose
Repeated addressing of Melancholy Rose
Murder in your song
Continued darkness or negativity in expression
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